Student Travel Assistance Grants

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SmartCloud 2017 provides selected students with travel funding supports, which focuses on assisting undergraduate/graduate levels students, especially under-represented students, who are interested in the research of cloud computing or have a passion for future cloud-related research work. The purpose of this fund is to attract most passionate young scholars to have opportunities to involve in the academic event in the field of cloud computing and continuously drive the growth of the cloud computing and smart computing community. The registration would give awarded students access to all co-located events. The supporting fund will be used for cover students partial expenses for the purpose of attending the conference. The expense amount will be determined by the conference committee.

Applicant Eligibility

The student must have registered the conference IEEE SmartCloud 2017. Students need to submit application forms for either presenters or attendees.

The student must be currently enrolled in a full-time program at an accredited institution in the United States.

Applicants must demonstrate personal research in cloud computing or have at least one paper accepted by the conference.

This award is one-time only and is not renewable. Priority consideration will be applied if applicant is an under-represented student.

This fund is for students who would not have the opportunity attending SmartCloud 2017 without this fund. An applicant who already has a Federal Grant will not eligible for this grant.

Application Materials

All application materials should be in a PDF formt, which need to be sent to kekegai@smart-com.org.
The student needs to submit a trip budget when applying for the fund; all receipts are required for the travel reimbursement.

A proof document of current student enrolment at an American educational institute (current physically live in the States).

A student’s academic resume.

The student will submit a trip budget with the financial proof for travel reimbursement.

A letter from the student.
The letter should include the following information: name, affiliation, email, telephone, mail address, a statement of research (up to 1000 words), a description of aspects reflected in SmartCloud 2017 that could impact the student's research, the reason why SmartCloud 2017 is important to the student, and the expected outcomes from attending the conference. A claim that the student is not currently supported by any US Federal grant must be included.

A letter from the student's supervisor (for graduate students).
This letter should include the following information: whether the student is a graduate student status, whether the conference scope is matching the student's research area, whether the student will receive benefits from attending the conference, and supervisor's name, affiliation, email, and mail address.